Dmitri Mendeleev is known as the father of the periodic table of elements ... John Alexander Newlands was a chemist at a sugar company, but felt understimulated. By studying the different elements ...

The periodic table brought solidity to a field of inquiry ... inscribing elements around a metal cylinder. John Newlands, a sugar chemist in London, arranged elements in order of atomic weight ...

Beryllium tastes like sugar but you wouldn't want to use it ... And if you're looking for more element info, there's always the Periodic Table of Videos.